Chapter 322 (1/2)

The 8000 cavalry on both wings had to attack and intercept, so as to give time for the rotation and repair of each square array of the infantry array.

The Tubo army saw that the Tang army's step array began to repair and rotate, and the whole array slowed down, so it gave up the continuous impact, but increased the offensive against the newly established military stronghold in front of it again.

The commander ordered the troopers of the Tubo tribe to dismount and fight, carrying crossbow carts, stone catapults, ladder ladders and car crashes from the city, and carrying low morale servants to attack together.

An attack wave of 5000 people almost filled all the ground space faced by the stronghold, making every position of the stronghold attacked at the same time, and the pressure on the garrison increased greatly.

The military stronghold was originally small and made of bamboo and wood. Its defense power was limited. It was only used to block roads, and only 5000 soldiers were stationed inside. Facing the crazy charge of the Tubo army almost on the edge of despair, they repelled four waves of attacks with strong bows, hard crossbows and rolling stones, killing countless Tubo troops.

But the madness of the other party is extremely terrible. That's the so-called don't stop it when you return to the teacher. They knew that they had only such a way to survive. Naturally, they did their best, regardless of casualties, and their combat effectiveness was amazing.

The garrison was suppressed by the superior forces assembled by Tubo. When the morale was slightly low, there were major mistakes.

Finally, the Tubo army broke through the stronghold, but they only opened the gate of the stronghold, and the whole army rushed to it. There was no street battle with the defenders in the stronghold. As long as the garrison does not take the initiative to intercept, even standing near them, these Tubo troops have no power to come forward and kill.

Zhao Xuanqing personally led the cavalry with a horse in his hand and pursued with his tail while the other party scrambled for the narrow channel of the stronghold gate. This wave of killing, because the Tubo army's war heart has been vented, the war results are quite outstanding.

First of all, those servants who turned into soldiers and the troops of Tubo headquarters were almost all captured. At the same time, Zhao Xuanqing led people to burn most of the food and grass in the military camp in Tubo.

But at least 8000 of the elite cavalry of Tubo headquarters escaped. Most of the servants did not even have a horse ration, and those who stepped down to fight even died under their own horses.

In the last wave of escape, the Tubo people were very crazy, especially the headquarters of the Chinese army, almost left on their own bodies.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xuanqing did not pursue immediately, but reorganized his troops and horses and asked the infantry to gather all prisoners of war.

I personally led all the cavalry, chased behind the Tubo army, kept a certain rhythm, tightly oppressed and harassed step by step, and made sure that their horsepower could not rest.

Although there were still 8000 Tibetan troops who escaped, in fact, many of them were injured, and the physical loss of war horses was quite large. Many surplus horses were robbed by Zhao Xuanqing in the course of the battle just now.

Now, facing the harassment of Zhao Xuanqing all the way, these Tubo soldiers and horses are miserable. The Lord general forcibly ordered a thousand to ride out and delay Zhao Xuanqing and others. Then the rest of the people rushed West.

More than 200 miles from michuan county to kuozhou City, the war horse runs naturally fast, but the horsepower consumption is also huge. In addition, from time to time, people on the road fell off their horses due to serious injuries, and some took the opportunity to find a path to leave the army.

Of the more than 8000 Tibetan troops and horses, less than 5000 came down.

Now the Tubo troops and horses arrive on the great plain outside the city of kuozhou and get off the horse for a little repair. The Tubo leader saw the flag waving above the city of kuozhou, but it was not his own flag. He couldn't help crying.